1986 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 8 May 1986. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Labour	54	-3
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	37	+9
	Conservative Party (UK)	7	-6

Election result[]

Liverpool Local Election Result 1986

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	17				50%	40%	71,131
	SDP-Liberal_Alliance	16				48%	43%	76,578
	Conservative	1				3%	12%	21,901
	Communist
	Others

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Ward results[]

Abercromby[]

Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Hood	1,947	70%
	Alliance	B. Aston	477	17%
	Conservative	H. V. Tracey Forster	151	5%
	Communist	S. Carroll	107	4%
		N. Everard	97	3%
Majority			1,470
Turnout			2,779

Aigburth[]

Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Douglas McKittrick'	3,521	56%
	Labour	K. Taft	1,615	26%
	Conservative	J. Mass	886	14%
		K. Prescott	266	4%
Majority			1,906
Turnout			6,288

Allerton[]

Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Flo Clucas	3,264	50%
	Conservative	T. Morrison	1,922	29%
	Labour	Dot Gavin	1,244	19%
		R. Cantwell	121	2%
Majority			1,342
Turnout			6,551

Anfield[]

Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Vera Best	3,184	51%
	Labour	C. Williams	2,514	40%
	Conservative	J. Brash	553	9%
Majority			670
Turnout			6,251

Arundel[]

Arundel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Mary Johnson	2,560	51%
	Labour	K. Feintuck	1,814	36%
	Conservative	S. Fitzsimmons	450	9%
		G. Thompson	166	3%
		J. Kay	60	1%
Majority			746
Turnout			5,050

Breckfield[]

Breckfield 2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Brazier	2,538	56%
	Labour	P. Skinley	2,434	53%
	Alliance	J. Kendrick	1,967	43%
	Alliance	J. Diamond	1,820	40%
	Conservative	E. Bayley	227	5%
	Conservative	J. Atkinson	207	5%
Majority			571
Turnout			4,732

Broadgreen[]

Broadgreen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Geoffrey B Smith	3,337	53%
	Labour	A. Dean	2,442	39%
	Conservative	M. Kingston	527	8%
Majority			895
Turnout			6,306

Childwall[]

Childwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Doreen Jones	4,416	59%
	Labour	R. Griffiths	1,241	17%
	Conservative	S. Airey	1,788	24%
Majority			3,175
Turnout			7,445

Church[]

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Len Tyrer	4,749	60%
	Labour	J. Murray	1,195	15%
	Conservative	S. Atherton	1,769	22%
		J. Hulton	235	3%
Majority			3,554
Turnout			7,948

Clubmoor[]

Clubmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Gladden	3,300	58%
	Alliance	F. Roderick	1,752	31%
	Conservative	J. Greaves	685	12%
Majority			1,548
Turnout			5,737

County[]

County

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Sybil Brookes	3,340	53%
	Labour	R. Quinn	2,605	41%
	Conservative	R. Kaney	352	6%
Majority			735
Turnout			6,297

Croxteth[]

Croxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Gillian Bundred	3,155	46%
	Conservative	E. Fitzpatrick	1,903	28%
	Labour	C. Guy	1,731	25%
Majority			1,424
Turnout			6,789

Dingle[]

Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	R. Isaacson	2,589	48%
	Labour	T. Prout	2,558	47%
	Conservative	D. Patmore	238	4%
		J. Cook	44	1%
Majority			31
Turnout			5,429

Dovecot[]

Dovecot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Westbury	2,497	61%
	Alliance	T. Jones	1,160	28%
	Conservative	W. Connolly	443	11%
Majority			1,337
Turnout			4,100

Everton[]

Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Allen	2,028	82%
	Alliance	T. Geary	314	13%
	Conservative	R. Fairclough	130	5%
Majority			1,714
Turnout			2,472

Fazakerley[]

Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Linden	2,667	57%
	Alliance	D. Stephenson	1,327	29%
	Conservative	J. Quincy	660	14%
Majority			1,340
Turnout			4,654

Gillmoss[]

Gillmoss

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Jennings	2,748	72%
	Alliance	E. Boult	741	19%
	Conservative	A. Hinks	375	10%
Majority			2,007
Turnout			3,864

Granby[]

Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Leach	2,287	54%
	Alliance	C. Laidlaw	1,351	32%
		S. Burris	427	10%
	Conservative	G. Tann	148	3%
		E. Caddick	60	1%
Majority			936
Turnout			4,273

Grassendale[]

Grassendale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Beatrice Fraenkel	5,014	70%
	Labour	E. Turnbull	850	12%
	Conservative	M. Wood	1,292	18%
Majority			4,164
Turnout			7,156

Kensington[]

Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Frank Doran	2,976	56%
	Labour	J. Spencer	2,171	41%
	Conservative	D. Dougherty	212	4%
Majority			805
Turnout			5,359

Melrose[]

Melrose

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dawn Booth	2,832	56%
	Alliance	Neil Cardwell	1,930	38%
	Conservative	M. Fitzsimmons	233	5%
		Carol Taggart	28	1%
Majority			902
Turnout			5,023

Netherley[]

Netherley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Adams	2,001	62%
	Alliance	H. Williams	958	30%
	Conservative	A. McTigue	248	8%
Majority			1,043
Turnout			3,207

Old Swan[]

Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Anthony Loftus	3,114	53%
	Labour	J. Hollinshead	2,307	39%
	Conservative	A. Wilson	471	8%
Majority			807
Turnout			5,892

Picton[]

Picton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Herbert Herrity	2,811	56%
	Labour	K. Hackett	1,907	38%
	Conservative	A. Scadding	247	5%
		G. Quayle	97	2%
Majority			904
Turnout			5,062

Pirrie[]

Pirrie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Owens	3,182	68%
	Alliance	W. Burke	1,094	23%
	Conservative	F. Stevens Jnr.	424	9%
Majority			2,088
Turnout			4,700

St. Mary's[]

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Keiden	2,773	50%
	Alliance	Peter Millea	2,363	43%
	Conservative	R. Parkes	394	7%
Majority			410
Turnout			5,530

Smithdown[]

Smithdown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Gamble	2,152	50%
	Alliance	E. Stephenson	2,003	47%
	Conservative	F. Sellers	108	3%
Majority			149
Turnout			4,263

Speke[]

Speke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Dowling	2,527	71%
	Alliance	R. Gould	662	19%
	Conservative	A. Fayer	386	19%
Majority			1,865
Turnout			3,575

Tuebrook[]

Tuebrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	John Jones	3,383	59%
	Labour	F. Vaudrey Jnr.	1,890	33%
	Conservative	J. McMillan	456	8%
Majority			1,493
Turnout			5,729

Valley[]

Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Astbury	2,228	57%
	Alliance	I. Phillips	1,285	33%
	Conservative	M. Murphy	389	10%
Majority			943
Turnout			3,902

Vauxhall[]

Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Morgan	2,034	90%
	Alliance	M. Alman	232	10%
Majority			1,802
Turnout			2,266

Warbreck[]

Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Richard Roberts	2,968	46%
	Labour	J. Williams	2,532	39%
	Conservative	I. Brown	855	13%
		B. Barr	61	1%
		I. Sloan	55	1%
Majority			436
Turnout			6,471

Woolton[]

Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Hallows	2,989	45%
	Alliance	E. Jones	2,654	40%
	Labour	G. Casey	826	13%
Majority			335
Turnout			6,600

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By Elections[]

On 12 March 1987 16 Militant and 31 non-Militant Labour Councillors were disbarred from office

Name	Ward	Elected
Heather Adams	Netherley	8 May 1986
Paul Astbury	Valley	8 May 1986
Mike Black	Pirrie	5 May 1983
Dominic Brady	Everton	5 May 1983
Tony Byrne	Valley	5 May 1983
Eddie Burke	Dovecot	3 May 1984
Jackie Crowley	Anfield	3 May 1984
Hugh Dalton	Pirrie	3 May 1984
Joe Devaney	Abercromby	3 May 1984
Jimmy Dillon	Broadgreen	5 May 1983
Alex Doswell	Granby	3 May 1984
Felicity Dowling	Speke	8 May 1986
Steve Ellison	Breckfield	3 May 1984
Peter Ferguson	Dingle	3 May 1984
Alan Fogg	Kensington	3 May 1984
Alex Gamble	Smithdown	8 May 1986
Roy Gladden	Clubmoor	8 May 1986
Jimmy Hackett	Warbreck	5 May 1983
John Hamilton	Granby	5 May 1983
Willy Harper	Netherley	3 May 1984
Derek Hatton	Netherley	5 May 1983
John Humphries	St. Mary's	5 May 1983
Tony Hood	Abercromby	6 May 1982
Steve Jenkins	Smithdown	5 May 1983
Paul Lafferty	Clubmoor	5 May 1983
Bob Lancaster	Melrose	5 May 1983
Dave Leach	Granby	8 May 1986
John Linden	Fazakerley	8 May 1986
Dave Lloyd	Fazakerley	3 May 1984
George Lloyd	Old Swan	5 May 1983
Pauline Lowes
Paul Luckock	Vauxhall	5 May 1983
John Mackintosh	Breckfield	5 May 1983
Dorothy Mathews	Smithdown	3 May 1984
Frank Mills	County	5 May 1983
Tony Mulhearn	St. Mary's	3 May 1984
John Nelson	Fazakerley	5 May 1983
John Ord	Speke	3 May 1984
Peter Owens	Pirrie	8 May 1986
Jimmy Parry	Everton	3 May 1984
Terry Prout	Dingle	By election
Tony Rimmer	Gillmoss	3 May 1984
Harry Smith	Valley	3 May 1984
Vinny Wagner	Melrose	3 May 1984
Bill Westbury	Dovecot	1 May 1986
Franny Wiles	Everton	6 May 1982

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